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various systems of building in concrete and other materials, inquiries and reports upon applicants, and so on. The total expenditure in connection with workers' dwellings during the year was £287,950 7s. 3d. (b.) The Number of Dwellings erected and purchased during the Year and the Number disposed OF. The number of dwellings erected or purchased .. .. .. .. 159 The number of dwellings disposed of .. .. .. .. 159

(c.) The Weekly or other Payments contracted for, the Amount of such Payments received and the Amount of Arrears outstanding.

The instalments owing on the 31st March show a slight increase—from £1,689 Is. Bd. last year to £1,963 4s. sd. ; but, as the number of dwellings also increased—from 688 to 825 —the average per dwelling decreased from £2 9s. Id. to £2 7s. Bd., which is an average of Bs. 3d. per dwelling per year since erection. Of the amount owing on the 31st March—viz., £1,963 4s. sd.—the sums paid off by the 16th April were £858 15s. 2d., leaving £1,104 9s. 3d. owing at the latter date, or £1 4s. 5d., per dwelling, or an average of 4s. 3d. per dwelling per year, as against 4s. sd. on the 16th April, 1920. In every case the arrears are more than covered by the amount paid off the principal, after deducting depreciation.

(d.) The Total Number of Dwellings erected and purchased from Inception of Original Act to 31st March, 1921.

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(1) Arrears outitanding as at 31st March, 1920. (2) Weekly or other Payments contracted for (exclusive of Arrears, Column 1). (Total for Year.) (3) Total Amount received for Year. (4) Arrears outstanding as at 31st March, 1921. (Including Column 1.) (5) Number of Dwellings on Settlements unpaid for. (Twenty-nine fully paid for.) (6) Average Arrears per Dwelling. £ s. d. 1,689 1 8 i £ s. d. 39,192 10 1 £ 38,918 s. d. 7 4 £ 1,963 s. d. 4 5 £2 7s. 8d., or 8s. 3d. per dwelling per year. 825

(i) Town. (2) 111 1 _ M 5S.S p •-.-d-d (8) ■3 s CS s_ n a-e a sisill H (4) i "_ & £ 5 0 I s (5) P t-t op (1) Town. (2) tn i w j? a c P B'C 3 o aj ■s _ I s £ .J-... (3) ■So njo, B aw a I IJFI S3 2s32 (4) « ■ft a o g | (S) ago «_» ,2I_a1, Auckland Wellington Christchurch Dunedin Frankton Junction Whangarei Paeroa Whakatane Ngaruawahia Tauranga Te Puke Te Awamutu Opotiki Tolaga Bay Gisborne Napier Hastings Dannevirke Patea Midhirst Hawcra Warea Manaia Wanganui Marton Feilding Palmerston North Woodvillo Ijovin .. 20 56 2 10 2 3 i 138 197 74 41 11 3 1 3 G G 7 6 1 8 1G 11 15 2 10 1 10 1 2 22 4 1 18 2 4 7 4 2 3 131 193 72 41 11 3 1 3 G 5 4 6 1 8 16 11 15 2 10 1 9 1 2 22 4 1 15 2 4 Masterton Masterton (rural) Carterton (rural).. New Plymouth .. Waitara Picton Blenheim (rural). . Nelson Westport Greymouth Ashburton Temuka Timaru Fairlie (rural) Willowbridge (rural) Waimate Oamaru Inyercargill Inglewood Eketahuna Featherston Mataura Nightcaps Riverton Stratford Winton II 3 1 2 3 2 6 36 11 5 9 1 G 7 20 14 14 6 9 25 7 13 G 10 22 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 i i i 2* 38 0 5 9 1 6 6 20 II 14 6 9 24 8 II 6 Ui 22 2 1 I 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 I 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 I 3 1 1 2 I 1 2 4 3 Totals 159 854 29 825 * One of these d' 'ellings has iteen com] )letely destroyed by fire ind not rebuilt.